Exposing Financial Crime

Criminals are smart, and detection capabilities need to be smarter and always adapting to stay one step ahead. Time to drive out pointless investigations and finding true malignancies hidden from existing rules and machine learning techniques. Join us for conversations and articles on how to refocus financial crimes investigations into actually stopping crime.

Frank Moreno CMO at Entersekt

U.S. banks in danger of getting a red card at 2026 FIFA World Cup

In a little over a year, North America will play host to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. And, with concerns already mounting around the red tape surrounding the 5.5 million fans expected to descend on 11 U.S.cities, banks have been warned that they should beef up their fraud protection for the hundreds of millions of additional transactions ahead of and ...

25 March 2025 /retail /crime

Steve Marshall Director of Advisory Services, at FinScan

KYC and Adverse Media Screening: Unearthing Hidden Risks

Know Your Customer (KYC) remains the cornerstone of identifying potential reputational and financial risks, but as information sources become increasingly diverse, traditional KYC verification methods might no longer be enough. Enter adverse media screening—the unsung hero of KYC that strengthens anti-money laundering (AML) defenses and helps busi...

18 March 2025 /regulation /crime

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Fighting Financial Crime Together: The Role of Data Sharing

Financial crime continues to evolve at an alarming pace. Despite significant investments in advanced detection techniques, only a small fraction of these crimes is detected and stopped. Research highlights that as little as 1% of illicit financial flows are intercepted, leaving a staggering 99% to slip through the cracks. This is a strong reminde

10 March 2025 /regulation /crime

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Payment Fraud Exposed: Top Techniques and How Financial Institutions Respond

Payment fraud (i.e. the unauthorized or deceptive use of stolen payment information to obtain money, goods, or services) remains a major challenge for financial institutions. With new regulations requiring banks to compensate fraud victims, fraud prevention has become a top priority. However, fraud techniques are evolving rapidly, often outpacing

27 January 2025 /regulation /crime

Alexandre Kech CEO at The Global LEI Foundation

Leading the Fight Against Corporate Fraud: How Every Business Can Embrace Transparency

The scale, sophistication, and impact of corporate fraud have reached unprecedented levels worldwide. Interpol’s 2024 Global Financial Fraud Assessment reports that “financial fraud has increased and diversified significantly [and] represents a pervasive, global threat.” Even more sobering is the expectation that the “magnitude of financial fraud [...

27 November 2024 /identity /crime

Shagun Malhotra CEO and Founder at SkyStem

How Accounting Firms Can Address the Growing Threat of Social Engineering

Emerging threats for accounting firms have steadily risen over the years, with more and more business emails being compromised, leading to an annual loss of around $2.4 billion. Just a few months back, an accounting service based in Maine suffered a huge data breach that compromised personal information of over 1.1 million individuals. Unfortun...

25 November 2024 /security /crime

Michael Haley CEO at Cifas

Payment Systems Regulator’s mandatory reimbursement and the fraud impact

7 October 2024 is a landmark day for the banking industry and the wider fraud prevention community. The Payment Systems Regulator’s long-anticipated rule changes – to make reimbursement for fraud losses mandatory – have officially gone live. In what is arguably the most polarising policy initiative in the history of the UK counter-fraud industry; t...

07 October 2024 /crime /predictions

Gabriel Hopkins Chief Product Officer at Ripjar

Gen AI: A helping artificial hand for compliance teams

Through complex algorithms, Generative AI (GenAI) has been reshaping how we create content, including imagery, music, text, and video; greatly simplifying data processing and task performance. This technological advance not only saves time, effort, and money but is also a game-changer in enhancing operational efficiency and fostering innovation ac...

05 August 2024 /ai /regulation

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Fraud Prevention 2.0: How Neo Banks Are Setting New Standards

Preventing fraud is a major concern for every financial institution. Banks, in particular, must ensure that only the rightful account owner accesses their account and that no incorrect payments are made. This involves tackling issues such as identity theft, accidentally misdirected payments, and Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud. While a few yea...

15 July 2024 /security /crime

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Uniting Forces: A Holistic Approach to Financial Crime

Financial institutions face increasing challenges in combating financial crime. While technology has significantly advanced (e.g. thanks to AI), the methods employed by criminals have also evolved, becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. One of the crucial challenges in this battle is the siloed approach to detecting and combating financ...

17 June 2024 /regulation /crime